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Beautiful shells : their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained, with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet : descriptions of the most remarkable species, and of the creatures which inhabit them : and explanations of the meanings of their scientific names, and of the terms used in conchology (1855)

Author: Adams, H. G. (Henry Gardiner), 1811 or 12-1881
Subject: Shells; Shells; Mollusks
Publisher: London : Groombridge and Sons
Language: English
Call number: 39088012158119
Digitizing sponsor: Smithsonian
Book contributor: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Collection: biodiversity; smithsonian; americana
Notes: Cullman Library (rare book)

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SCNHRB copy 39088012158119 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Alice E. Kennington Rare Book Fund

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